SpringSource To Acquire GemStone Systems

Following SpringSource’s acquisition of Rabbit Technologies, the division of VMware announce they have entered into an agreement to acquire GemStone Systems.

SpringSource have announced that they have entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire data grid technology providers,
GemStone Systems.

GemStone‘s portfolio of products is geared towards
providing fast and reliable access to data by virtualising data
from numerous sources and formats into memory across distributed
systems and cloud architectures.

In a blog post, Rod Johnson reveals that SpringSource will be
focusing on deepening the GemStone Systems and Spring integration,
particularly in regards to the Spring Framework and tc Server.

In April, SpringSource
announced it had acquired Rabbit Technologies, and was adding
the RabbitMQ open messaging system to its portfolio of SpringSource
products.